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The promise, potential and pitfalls of India for Western streamers
Amongst all the fuss around Disney+’s 28.6 million subscribers since its November 2019 launch, one…
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Will AT&T’s HBO Max gamble pay off?
AT&T’s WarnerMedia is not necessarily putting all of its eggs in the HBO Max basket,…
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Will Netflix look eastwards as the US becomes more congested in 2020?
The end of 2019 was an overachievement for Netflix. This is not an editorialised judgement,…
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Why 2019 was the year of Discovery
After a year that started with the global president of Animal Planet dramatically withdrawing from…
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There is little reason for consumers to buy an 8K TV in 2020
Each year, CES has some key themes that make their way out and into the…
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A month of plusses
Both Apple and Disney’s premium streamers have been out in the wild for a little…
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Broadcasters won’t ditch ads as they bid for streaming dominance
As BBC and ITV’s new boxset platform Britbox is released in Beta, competition in the subscription…
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AVOD: opening up the vault
Streaming, which dominates so much of conversation around content distribution currently, is set for a…
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The streaming spectrum
We are getting increasingly closer to the ‘later this year’ to which everyone in the…
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Swiss strife: Sunrise, Freenet and Liberty Global
Swiss telco Sunrise has fallen out spectacularly with its biggest shareholder, Germany’s Freenet, over the…
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Why collaboration is the answer to connected TV measurement
A new digital TV landscape is expected in time for the 2028 Olympics, or so…
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Three is the magic number for Disney
Disney this week unveiled its plan to bundle its new SVOD offering, Disney+ with Hulu…
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Cable at a crossroads
After over a year in the works, Vodafone has finally wrapped up its acquisition of…
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Will 5G survive its expectations, or buckle under its own weight?
This week Ovum published its report on 5G media bundling opportunities. While the report dives…
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Is the tide starting to turn for Netflix?
In the deep sea of quarterly reports landing on desks this month, perhaps most eye-catching…
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The SVODs are coming – what Netflix must do to remain at the front of the pack
Netflix is undoubtedly at the top of the pecking order when it comes to SVODs…
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Ovum: The future of TV: first globalisation, then localisation – now nationalism
A couple of years ago, we at Ovum predicted that the globalisation of TV by…
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Ofcom and public service broadcasters: securing the future
UK media regulator Ofcom this week this week set out a package of proposals designed…
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EE’s Apple TV move is the latest in a larger trend toward BYOD
EE launched its EE TV box – an EE-branded hybrid DTT and OTT TV unit…
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Broadcast consolidation: Mediaset’s moves
Pan-European consolidation amongst broadcasters once again became a talking point over the last couple of…
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Ovum: New types of content will drive video consumption on non-TV devices
The commonly-held assumption is that users will always seek out the “best screen available” when…
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Cable in play: Liberty Global in Germany and Switzerland
Switzerland’s competition regulator this week launched an in-depth probe into Liberty Global’s proposed sale of…
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Sizing things up: Vivendi and Mediaset
Vivendi and Mediaset are not the best of friends. Few corporate fallings out have been…
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Starz and the Eye
Lionsgate chief Jon Feltheimer this week outlined ambitious plans for the international expansion of Starzplay,…
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Ovum: Traditional TV can fine-tune to survive but must change radically to thrive
On a global scale, it’s clear that traditional TV services alone aren’t enough to satisfy…
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Disney’s SVOD supremacy might not be so simple overseas
Disney has never shied away from wearing its streaming ambitions on its sleeves, but from…
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Ovum: 5G and foldable displays will not change smartphones’ fate
Multiple reports of failures of 5G and foldable displays have tainted the prospect of a…
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The new Freeview mobile app reflects demand for flexibility around linear
With programmes such as Great British Bake Off and Love Island defying the growth of…
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Ovum: SLIN overtakes SVOD as the overall number of services stabilises
According to Ovum’s latest (March 2019) update of its OTT Video Service Provider Tracker, the…
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Disney’s streaming Fantasia
In the most famous section of one of Disney’s emblematic movies, Mickey Mouse plays the…